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15 July 2016

This Week in Royal Jewels: July 8-14

July 8-14, 2016

The summer holidays are nearly here, but we still have some jewelry pieces to ooh and ahh over. Be sure to vote for your favorite in the poll below!

Photo: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images

10. While the media was reporting -- and the IHA was denying -- rumors that Emperor Akihito of Japan was considering abdication, he and Empress Michiko made a public appearance outside the imperial villa in Hayama. Michiko wore a long necklace and a really interesting pair of statement earrings.

Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

9. Queen Letizia of Spain went floral in stud earrings by Yanes at the military academy in Zaragoza on Thursday.

5. Princess Benedikte went with classic jewels for the CHIO Aachen opening ceremony: a pearl necklace, pearl and diamond half-moon earrings, and a round pearl and diamond cluster brooch. See more jewels from the opening ceremony here.

3. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited the new EAAA base at Cambridge airport on Wednesday. Along with an unusually simple pair of pearl stud earrings, she wore her small diamond and pink gemstone cluster brooch. Get a better look at the brooch over here.

1. My top spot this week went to a major royal heirloom: the Cambridge Emerald Brooch with its emerald pendant. Queen Elizabeth II wore this jewel -- which definitely says "I'm the monarch" -- for her first audience with the new British prime minister, Theresa May. See additional images from the event over here.